Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 15: Pinocchio…

Which of the following accurately identifies the object which struck the injured schoolboy during the altercation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: follow, identify, strike · To what, where: object, injured schoolboy

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1402 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 15: Pinocchio fights his schoolmates and a boy falls as if dead» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 struck	nsubj
10	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 object	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 schoolboy	det
12	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 schoolboy	amod
13	schoolboy	schoolboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 struck	obj
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 altercation	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 altercation	det
16	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 struck	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the object		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
3	strike	past	the object	the injured schoolboy	during the altercation		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent schoolboy=Patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A thick geography volume with maps and a cracked brown leather cover

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 volume	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 volume	amod
3	geography	geography	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 volume	compound
4	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 maps	case
6	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 volume	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cover	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cover	det
9	cracked	crack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 cover	amod
10	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cover	amod
11	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cover	compound
12	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 volume	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	participle							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An arithmetic text heavily bound in leather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 text	det
2	arithmetic	arithmetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 text	amod
3	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	nsubj:pass
4	heavily	heavily	ADV	_	5 bound	advmod
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 leather	case
7	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	participle · passive		a arithmetic text				in leather; heavily property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in leather=Theme

Option 3

A school atlas with a torn green cover

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 atlas	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 atlas	compound
3	atlas	atlas	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 cover	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cover	det
6	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cover	amod
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cover	amod
8	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 atlas	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A heavy arithmetic text bound in leather with brass corners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 text	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 text	amod
3	arithmetic	arithmetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 text	amod
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 text	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 leather	case
7	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 corners	case
9	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 corners	compound
10	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	participle		a heavy arithmetic text not said here		leather		with brass corners	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with corner=Co-Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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